1.0 link 212050 <![CDATA[Israeli Media Reads the Fine Print]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sanjeev-bery/israeli-media-reads-the-f_b_212050.html In the 48 hours since President Obama's speech in Cairo, Israeli journalists and pundits have had a lot to say. Their comments offer insights into U.S. foreign policy that many American observers might not get at home.

Some were particularly struck by Obama's implicit linkage of Palestinian aspirations and other global struggles for freedom. In the liberal newspaper Ha'aretz, journalist Akiva Eldar wrote:

Obama placed violence against Israel on a par with the settlements and the humiliation of Palestinians in...
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